James O'Halloran, an Australian model and actor, has won a competition to join the show as the second male model in the program's history.

After a nationwide casting call, producers narrowed the field down to a group of semifinalists who competed in various modeling tasks. (Think America's Next Top Model with less Tyra and more abs.) Three finalists emerged, and America voted for the favorite one. In the end, O'Halloran beat out finalists Jay Byars and Jonathan Morgan.